Frequency of hyperdiploid chromosome complements in endometrioid tumors of the endometrium whereas similar tumors in the ovary tend to show hypodiploidy: A significant difference that may not be distinguishable by flow cytometry of DNA content

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 39-42

  Atkin, N B ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MARKER CHROMOSOME; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; OVARY TUMOR; PARTIAL TRISOMY 10; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

DNA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIPLOIDY; DNA, NEOPLASM; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036047163     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064053     Document Type: Article

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